First of all, I could not believe it, ... Nobody in their right mind would have expected this drop in read more

First of all, I could not believe it, ... Nobody in their right mind would have expected this drop in pressure.

It was a yawner of a year for small-business growth.

It was a yawner of a year for small-business growth.

I was surprised by the atmosphere in the stadium in Chicago. The fans were loud. Yankee Stadium can be loud. read more

I was surprised by the atmosphere in the stadium in Chicago. The fans were loud. Yankee Stadium can be loud. Those people gave them a run for their money.

Obviously, it's for the musicians, to get the bands back together and play some music, because a lot of these read more

Obviously, it's for the musicians, to get the bands back together and play some music, because a lot of these guys don't play anymore. But, our main thing, one of the constant things, is that we give band instruments to the high school and middle schools (of north central Wisconsin). That's the really big thing that we do.

I think that the cost savings available in the deal are very real, and the deal should be accretive to read more

I think that the cost savings available in the deal are very real, and the deal should be accretive to Fleet's earnings, which is good thing financially, but what the banking industry in general has to prove to the investment world is that they can cross-sell additional products to all of those retail and small business and commercial banking customers. If they show real revenue growth doing these types of cross-selling activities, then a deal like this really might be something to get excited about.

These two, and the U.S. team, are in such a good space right now. They are strictly tunnel vision. No read more

These two, and the U.S. team, are in such a good space right now. They are strictly tunnel vision. No distractions. No reason for distractions. I think they're going in as strong as they could be.

We competed better in the second half,

We competed better in the second half,

We don't get a lot of pub. We're not in the media, we're not in the papers, so people figure read more

We don't get a lot of pub. We're not in the media, we're not in the papers, so people figure we're just sneaking by, getting lucky and winning games.

Heart is something you can't teach. This isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport, and this one says we read more

Heart is something you can't teach. This isn't a contact sport, it's a collision sport, and this one says we work hard and we deserve a lot more respect than we're getting.